Where does “pero” come from?
pero (Italian) comes from Latin pirus, from Malay firus, from Persian فیروزه, from Classical Persian پیروزه, from Turkic Turkic, from English sarapa, from Persian سراپا, from Persian پا — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
pero (Italian): yet, but, however, nevertheless
Definitions
- yet, but, however, nevertheless
Ancestry of “pero”, step by step
pero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin pirus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pirus | a pear-tree |
| 2 | Malay | firus | turquoise |
| 3 | Persian | فیروزه | turquoise |
| 4 | Classical Persian | پیروزه | turquoise |
| 5 | Turkic | Turkic | — |
| 6 | English | sarapa | A robe of honour |
| 7 | Persian | سراپا | from head to toe |
| 8 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 9 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via Latin per hoc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | per hoc | by this |
| 2 | Latin | hōc | for this reason, because of this |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 5 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 6 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 7 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |